évent
French, noun/e.vɑ̃/
évent is spelled É-V-E-N-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évent is a French masculine noun meaning “blowhole (spiracle on the top of the head through which cetaceans breathe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exposition au vent, à l’air”.
What does évent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblowhole (spiracle on the top of the head through which cetaceans breathe)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exposition au vent, à l’air. 2. Odeur et saveur particulières que donne parfois aux aliments et aux liqueurs le contact prolongé de l’air. 3. Ouverture par laquelle certains cétacés aspirent l’air puis le rejettent. 4. Conduit que l’on ménage dans la fondation des fourneaux des fonderies pour que l’air y circule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of évent
- évents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évent?
- /e.vɑ̃/
- \e.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to évent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évent in French?
évent appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).